QA i £ ry ZO0G48 Subject: Purpose, Policy, and Background of Experimental Plantings on Enjebi and Their Relationship with Bikini Cleanup The segment of the Enewetak people who owned property and traditionally lived on the island of Enjebi have always expressed a deep desire to return to their home island -- Enjebi. In fact the first master plan envisioned development of that island as a residential island. The Report by the AEC Task Group on Recommendations for Cleanup and Rehabilitation of Enewetak Atoll, 19 June 1974,~"as approved by the Commissioners 19 August 1974 offered little hope of reestablishing a commmity on Enjebi in the near term. Recommendation No. 3 of the above report”discusses the problem of radiation exposures on Enjebi and provides that studies be conducted. using test plantings to determine when exposures would be within acceptable criteria put no soil removed (emphasis added). This approach was recommended as the one which would have minimal adverse impact on the island environment. Further recommendations included the extension of the study to Lujor, Kirunu, Bokoluo and Bokombako. At the September 1974 presentation of the DEIS and the AEC Task Group Report to the people of Enewetak, the AEC representative, Dr. Martin Biles, made the commitment to support those activities planned and initiated by the AEC which is contained also in the AEC letter of 6 February 1975. He further indicated that a conscientious effort would be made to predict when the island of Enjebi could be used. The rationale for the sampling program is quoted from the AEC Task Group Report. TAB B 4/19/79 \ feo . te3 . Cem y